] The secretary's approval rating has fallen from 71
] percent in April 2003 at the height of the U.S.-led
] invasion of Iraq to 41 percent in the new survey.

What is the value of these polls?

If you repeat "Rumsfeld bad" in the press over and over and over again for a month and then take a poll of what the American people think of Rumself, they are going to tell you "Rumsfeld bad." Why even ask? Is this just a litmus of how well the media system is working? Can we get some correlation between this infomation and data about news media opeds?

CNN.com - Poll: Rumsfeld losing public's support - Dec 20, 2004